Bach - A Strange Beauty by Simone Dinnerstein (CD - Digi-Pak)

Bach - A Strange Beauty by Simone Dinnerstein (CD - Digi-Pak)
What's striking about Dinnerstein is that she plays Bach as if she's never heard it before. From the first ponderous low notes of the chorale arrangement that opens the album, she compels the listener to follow her in a journey of discovery filled with unscheduled detours. Throughout Bach: A Strange Beauty, she often stretches out a particularly rich cadence or luxuriates in the multi-voiced texture of the chorales. She's actively listening to every note she plays, and the result is a wonderfully expressive interpretation. Ashalen Sims, National Public Radio